India: Fading Illusions

The war in the high Himalayas dwindled for the
moment to patrol actions and exchanges of mortar fire. But the sudden
invasion by the Red Chinese, which penetrated nearly 40 miles into
Indian territory, has profoundly shaken the government of Prime
Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and forced a drastic change in India's role
in Asia and the world. India is still a long way from giving up its
passion for neutrality. But the country is now angrily fighting off the
kind of attack that, when suffered by others in the past, Indians
always...